Vedanta's ₹210b metals push targets India's EV and critical minerals demand
Vedanta is expanding aluminium, copper and other metals capacity as electric mobility and India's demand for critical minerals reshape the domestic materials market. Vedanta Group is putting INR 210 billion (USD 2.21 billion) into metals production and capacity through FY2026, building a broader...
CFMoto’s 2027 Ibex 800 E combines aluminium components with radar safety technology
CFMoto's 2027 Ibex 800 E combines an aluminium swingarm and forged aluminium pistons with radar-based safety technology, while starting at USD 9,799 in the US. The Ibex also comes with an 8-inch touchscreen, adjustable KYB suspension and several touring features as standard. The Ibex 800 E comes...
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Aluminium extruders foresee automotive sector challenges
Aluminium extruders looking to benefit from expected growth in the US automotive sector will have to grapple with stepped-up standards, possible capacity constraints and new and often-demanding clients, industry executives said. Challenges range from receiving International Organisation for...
Jaguar’s all-new C-X17 to sport advanced aluminium monocoque chassis architecture
The C-X17 has been created as a design study to introduce Jaguar’s all-new advanced aluminium monocoque chassis architecture, codenamed iQ[Al], in which an exciting range of future Jaguars will be built. This new philosophy underpins the entire innovative future of the Jaguar brand. A modular and...
Jaguar's new entry level Sedan will have a 75% Recycled aluminum chassis
Jaguar has been eyeing the slice of the pie that BMW's 3-Series is squatting over for quite some time (does not sound appetizing) and the time to jump into that market segment is neigh. While I've only experienced the BMW 3-Series briefly, it was a very disappointing 20 minutes, so if Jag can...
Automotive aluminum sludge delisted from hazardous waste list in Ontario, Canada
The line between "hazardous" and "non-hazardous" waste is often drawn in a somewhat arbitrary way, sometimes for historical reasons. Occasionally, it is possible to persuade the Ontario Ministry of the Environment to readjust the line. Canadian automotive manufacturers have had one of these rare...
Jaguar's XF to migrate to aluminium
Jaguar is believed to be saddling up for a successor to the XF – Jaguar's rival to the BMW 5 Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Class – built on a scaled-up version of the iq[AI] platform developed for a new 'C/D segment' prestige sedan and the C-X17 SUV concept. What's more, the platform – or...
Markets Speak: Three point strategy suggested for China aluminium smelters
The huge overcapacity overhang of Chinese Aluminium in the domestic markets has forced the government to suggest some concrete steps to the smelters. China Aluminium production has increased at a drastic pace leading to supply side glut and rising LME inventories to all time highs. Facing the...
Inventories, surplus output pile pressure on aluminium prices
Tepid demand from principal consumption points like automobile, packaging and construction, yet to recover from the mauling of the world recession, has left the aluminium industry in deepest crisis. Industry giants from the US to Europe to China are sufficiently bedraggled by aluminium prices...
Jaguar Land Rover announces an all-new aluminium vehicle architecture
Jaguar Land Rover today announced an investment approaching £1.5 billion to introduce an all-new technically-advanced aluminium vehicle architecture in forthcoming models. To support this strengthening of the Jaguar product portfolio 1,700 new jobs will be created in the UK at our advanced...
Elna expands Chiang Mai facility to meet demand for aluminium electrolytic capacitors
Elna has expanded and renovated its manufacturing facility, Tanin Elna Co, in Chiang Mai to help boost its production capacity for aluminium electrolytic capacitors. The Chiang Mai facility has been producing electrolytic capacitors since 1980 and began manufacturing electric double-layer...
Alcoa Technical Center in Upper Burrell is shifting its strategy
Alcoa Inc.'s battle to get more aluminum into automobiles might be won with a technology developed years ago for soda cans. It's the kind of win that would fit CEO Klaus Kleinfeld's emphasis on more profitable products and being a partner rather than just a supplier to manufacturers. While aluminum...
Alcoa Inc wants to speed-up auto market efforts
Alcoa Inc has been gaining some reach in the auto market. This has fueled its confidence and is stepping up operations in that direction. AA will be breaking ground on the expansion project for its rolling-mill in Tennessee. This will raise its quota of auto grade aluminum sheet production. One...
Two important aluminium conferences in November 2013
The Aluminium in Road Transport Conference 2013 (The road ahead with aluminium) is taking place on 5-6 November 2013 at Birmingham, UK. The Aluminium in Road Transport Conference 2013 brings together key speakers from major vehicle makers, the recycling industry, automotive suppliers and academics...
Jaguar releases preview of aluminium architecture at Frankfurt Motor Show
Jaguar has released a teaser image of its C-X17 crossover concept in advance of the model’s unveiling at the Frankfurt Motor Show next week. The design study introduces Jaguar’s new modular aluminium architecture, which the brand said underpins its future. According to reports, Jaguar could switch...
Japan's Mazda Motor to expand aluminum engine output capacity 25% by end-2014
Japanese automaker Mazda Motor plans to increase production capacity of aluminum passenger vehicle engine Skyactiv at its Hiroshima plant by 25% to 1 million units/year by the end of 2014, the company said Tuesday. The current nameplate capacity stands at 800,000 vehicles/year. Mazda started...
Alcoa to break ground on aluminum mill expansion
Alcoa Tennessee Operations will break ground Thursday on the expansion of its aluminum rolling mill to accommodate automotive sheet production. Currently, Alcoa is the world's largest producer of rolled aluminum can sheets for beverage cans. Over the next three years, the company expects to invest...
Extruded Aluminum helps Tesla’s Model S achieve record in auto safety testing
Tesla Motors’ Model S set new records in safety testing conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) thanks, in part, to the abundance of extruded aluminum used in the vehicle. The Model S scored a 5-star safety rating overall and in every subcategory in which the car was...
GM to incorporate a lot more aluminum in its full-size trucks
Automotive News and other industry sources have recently reported that GM is preparing to incorporate a lot more aluminum and composites in the construction of its full-size trucks in order to lower their weight, though the big changes are still several years away. One supplier told Automotive News...
Chrysler expands Midwest production
Chrysler Group recently announced expansions of their production in Midwest, according to Industry Week. With procurement of new factory operations Chrysler and Honda, these automobile manufacturers will invest over $260 million into American manufacturing. Meanwhile, Chrysler said it was providing...
